BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY
MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS
ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA

TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2020
ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN STANDARD TIME

TROPICAL STORM ISAIAS BRINGS HIGH WINDS AND A LITTLE RAIN...

Before we dive into the events of today, just want
to confirm that we established a new record high
minimum for yesterday. The low for the day was 75
degrees. This broke the previous record of 74
degrees set in 2018.

As for today, the big story has been the effects 
of Tropical Storm Isaias. We started the morning
very quiet with just increasing clouds and light 
wind. As we reached the late morning hours, we 
started to see a gradual increase in wind out of
the southeast. 

Winds continued to ramp up especially mid to late
afternoon. A peak gust of 67 mph was measured at
4:06 P.M. Frequent gusts over 50 mph have continued
into the early evening hours.

The 67 mph gust is also a new record peak gust for
the day. The previous record was 48 mph SW in 1974.

A period of rain moved through as well late this
afternoon, bringing less than a quarter inch.

The high today is 84 degrees. This is 3 degrees 
above the daily normal high of 81F. The low since
midnight is 72F, which is 9 degrees above the
daily normal low of 63F.


Today's Observations:

7 A.M.
Weather: Scattered Altocumulus/Altocumulus Castellanus,
Overcast dense Cirrus
Temperature: 75F; Dew Point: 72F; Relative Humidity: 91%
Wind: SE at 6 kts, wind light 
Sea-level pressure: 30.07 ins. Hg: Rising, then falling
Visibility: 15 miles, thin fog
6-hr Max temp: 75F
6-hr Min temp: 72F
24-hr Precip: 0.00 ins.
BHO SA 1155 120 SCT E180 OVC 15 182/75/72/1506/007/ SUN OCCLY DMLY VSBL
THN F ALQDS WND LGT/ 8/082 58003 10075 20072

10 A.M.
Weather: Broken Cumulus/Stratocumulus, overcast dense Cirrus,
towering Cumulus all quadrants
Temperature: 81F; Dew Point: 71F; Relative Humidity: 72%
Wind: SE at 9G16 kts  
Sea-level pressure: 30.05 ins. Hg: falling, then more rapidly
Visibility: 20 miles, hazy
3-hr Precip: 0.00 ins.
BHO SA 1455 E30 BKN 200 OVC 20 175/81/71/1509G16/005/ TCU ALQDS
FEW THN SPTS INOVC SUN OCCLY DMLY VSBL HAZY/ 8/202 58007

1 P.M.
Weather: Broken Cumulus/Stratocumulus, overcast Altostratus,
few towering cumulus all quadrants
Temperature: 82F; Dew Point: 69F; Relative Humidity: 65%
Wind: SE at 17G26 kts, peak wind SE 28 kts at 12:06 P.M.
Sea-level pressure: 29.98 ins. Hg: falling, then more rapidly
Visibility: 20 miles, hazy
6-hr Max temp: 84F
6-hr Min temp: 75F
6-hr Precip: 0.00 ins.
BHO SA 1755 E40 BKN 180 OVC 20 151/82/69/1517G26/998/
FEW TCU ALQDS HAZY PK WND 1528/06/ 8/22/ 58024 10084 20075


SUMMARY FOR MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 2020 

TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F)
MAX.....91   NORMAL.....81
MIN.....75   NORMAL.....63
MEAN....83   NORMAL.....72

DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL.................+11
TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH.................+21 [+6.8 DEGREES/DAY]

COOLING DEGREE DAYS (SEASON JAN TO DEC)
TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR YESTERDAY.................18  DEPARTURE......+11
TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR THE MONTH.................42  DEPARTURE......+20
TOTAL COOLING UNITS FOR THE SEASON...............529  DEPARTURE.....+149
TOTAL COOLING UNITS LAST SEASON TO DATE..........438  DEPARTURE......+91

PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) 
PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY....................36 WSW AT 11:21 A.M.  
                   AERO.........................38 SW  AT 11:00 A.M. 
                   ASOS.........................36 WSW AT 11:22 A.M.
                   DAVIS........................37 WSW AT 10:12 A.M
                   RMY 36  MERLIN 36
FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY......................28 SW  AT 11:02 A.M.
MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE ASOS AVERAGE...................25 W   AT 11:37 A.M.
MAXIMUM 2-MINUTE DAVIS AVERAGE..................27 W   AT 12:38 P.M.
AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION..............12.9 SW            
                   ASOS.......................13.2
                   DAVIS......................12.8 WSW [240 deg.]

PRECIPITATION (INCHES) THROUGH THIS MORNING (EST)
TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 7 A.M....0.00  DEPARTURE......-0.15
                         ASOS..............0.00
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH..........0.02  DEPARTURE......-0.43
                         ASOS..............0.02
TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........29.09  DEPARTURE......-2.35
                         ASOS.............29.83



PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY CALENDAR DAY DATA
DATE: MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SUN(MIN.)/SUN(%)/PEAK GUST/AERO/RMY GUST
AERO: Aerovane wind recording system gust
RMY:  R.M. Young wind gust recording system
TSTM: Thunderstorm day (thunder heard some time during day)
....: Data not yet available, records not finalized
M:    Missing data

07/01  76/63/70/0/0.00/228/25              16 E    AERO 14 E    RMY 14  TSTM
07/02  86/61/74/4/0.00/803/88              30 WSW  AERO 25 WSW  RMY 33
07/03  73/60/67/-4/0.00/091/10             30 NE   AERO 28 NE   RMY 30
07/04  79/60/70/-1/0.00/565/62             16 S    AERO 16 S    RMY 16
07/05  83/63/73/+2/0.54/373/41             24 NW   AERO 30 NW   RMY 26  TSTM
07/06  73/60/67/-4/0.00/482/53             20 ENE  AERO 16 NNE  RMY 18
07/07  78/60/69/-2/0.00/454/50             25 S    AERO 25 S    RMY 26
07/08  83/64/74/+2/0.00/227/25             32 SSW  AERO 32 SSW  RMY 32
07/09  89/70/80/+8/0.00/834/92             24 S    AERO 23 S    RMY 22 
07/10  83/70/77/+5/0.05/109/12             30 SSE  AERO 32 SSE  RMY N/A
07/11  85/70/78/+6/0.00/614/68             39 S    AERO 39 S    RMY 38
07/12  86/70/78/+6/0.00/830/92             28 WSW  AERO 28 WSW  RMY 29
07/13  82/69/76/+4/0.23/306/34             30 SSE  AERO 31 SSE  RMY 30  TSTM
07/14  78/63/71/-1/0.00/369/41             26 ENE  AERO 25 ENE  RMY 26  
07/15  72/59/66/-6/0.00/539/60             21 NE   AERO 21 NE   RMY N/A
07/16  73/57/65/-7/0.00/815/91             21 E    AERO 21 E    RMY 19
07/17  71/57/64/-8/0.19/027/03             24 SSW  AERO 24 SSW  RMY 25 
07/18  89/66/78/+6/0.00/822/92             18 W    AERO 17 W    RMY 19
07/19  92/69/81/+9/0.00/722/81             28 S    AERO 28 S    RMY 26
07/20  91/72/82/+10/T/481/54               25 SSW  AERO 25 SSW  RMY N/A
07/21  88/68/78/+6/0.00/799/90             25 W    AERO 25 W    RMY 24
07/22  80/67/74/+2/..../275/31             16 ENE  AERO M  M    RMY 16
07/23  88/68/78/+6/0.48/203/23             31 N    AERO 32 N    RMY 31  TSTM 
07/24  81/68/75/+3/0.00/476/54             15 ENE  AERO 15 ENE  RMY 16
07/25  88/67/78/+6/0.00/845/96             18 W    AERO 18 WNW  RMY N/A
07/26  89/70/80/+8/0.00/632/72             27 W    AERO 28 W    RMY 27
07/27  94/72/83/+11/0.00/823/94            23 SW   AERO 25 SW   RMY N/A
07/28  95/74/85/+13/0.01/.../..            28 WSW  AERO 25 WSW  RMY 25
07/29  90/68/79/+7/0.00/.../..             23 SSW  AERO 25 SSW  RMY 24
07/30  88/71/80/+8/0.00/.../..             29 W    AERO 28 W    RMY 29   
07/31  84/69/77/+5/0.00/.../..             14 ENE  AERO 14 ENE  RMY 15 

PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST CALENDAR DAY DATA
DATE: MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SUN(MIN.)/SUN(%)/PEAK GUST/AERO/RMY GUST
AERO: Aerovane wind recording system gust
RMY:  R.M. Young wind gust recording system
TSTM: Thunderstorm day (thunder heard some time during day)
....: Data not yet available, records not finalized
M:    Missing data

08/01  87/66/77/+5/0.00/.../..             18 S    AERO 21 S    RMY 19
08/02  85/69/77/+5/0.02/.../..             36 S    AERO 37 S    RMY 38
08/03  91/75/83/+11/0.00/.../..            36 WSW  AERO 38 SW   RMY 36

08/04  The low since midnight is 72F, the daily normal low is 63F

DAILY EXTREMES
Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and
wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated):  

RECORDS FOR AUGUST 4
HIGH 95F IN 1928
LOW 48F IN 1900
PRECIP 1.68 INS IN 1983
PEAK GUST 48 MPH SW IN 1974

RECORDS FOR AUGUST 5
HIGH 98F IN 1955
LOW 48F IN 1929,1972
PRECIP 3.03 INCHES IN 1893
PEAK GUST 60e MPH SW 1977

TODAY'S REPORT PREPARED BY: Matt Douglas